Method for manufacturing a body-worn electronic device adapted to the shape of an individual's body area

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EP 1 345 470 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/40

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(21)	Application number: 03007673.1

(22)	Date of filing: 03.04.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04R 25/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

(71)	Applicant: PHONAK AG
	8712 Stäfa (CH)

(72)	Inventors:
	Widmer, Christoph 8342 Wernetshausen (CH) Roth, Samuel Hans Martin 8055 Zürich (CH) Bleiker, Gregory 8704 Herrliberg (CH)

(74)	Representative: Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG
	Schwäntenmos 14 8126 Zumikon 8126 Zumikon (CH)

(54)	Method for manufacturing a body-worn electronic device adapted to the shape of an individual's body area

(57) A body-worn device is manufactured by preparing a digitised three-dimensional representation (1) of an individual's body area whereat the body-worn device shall be applied. From such digitised three-dimensional representation there are automatically determined (20) characteristic features of the individual's area as digitised. In dependency from such determining (20), the digitised representation (1) is amended in a detailing step (22). The result is a digitised representation. This detailed digitised representation controls the shell manufacturing process (36) the resulting shell of which being assembled (38) to the body-worn device.

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